Rogue One Disney+ Prequel Series Recruits Black Mirror Director Toby Haynes

TheRogue One Prequelseries has just taken a major step forward as production nears. Toby Haynes has been set to direct the first three episodes of the show, which will serve as a prequel to the 2016Star Warsspin-off movie and centers on Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor. Previously, Tony Gilroy, who worked on the movie during rewrites and reshoots, had been set to direct. However, due to travel concerns, Gilroy opted to surrender his directing duties, paving the way for Haynes to step in....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Jane Hall

Scream Star Jamie Kennedy Explains How Wes Craven Fought for His Casting as Randy

One of the reasons the originalScreamworked so well was because of its perfect cast, each member of the ensemble serving a part just as important to the story as the next person. Among them was Jamie Kennedy as Randy Meeks, the horror-loving nerd who attributes his survival in that first movie to his virginity. It’s definitely a character that needed the right person in the role to be effective, and it’s impossible at this point to imagine anyone but Kennedy in that part....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Katherine Conrad

Seth Rogen Joins Superbad Fans in Celebrating McLovin's 40th Birthday

Seth Rogen andSuperbadfans are celebrating McLovin’s 40th birthday. In the popular teen comedy movie, which was written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Jonah Hill and Michael Cera star as two high school seniors looking to party hard before they graduate. To obtain liquor, they enlist the help of their friend Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who obtains a fake ID for himself. The faux driver’s license, which reads “McLovin” as the only name, lists his birthday as August 09, 2025....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · Dr. Kayla Young

Shannon Elizabeth Returns as Justice in Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Jay & Silent Bob Rebootis bringing back another familiar face. Kevin Smith has revealed that Shannon Elizabeth is making her return to the View Askewniverse. Smith has been hard at work filming the latest entry in his interconnected universe that kicked off withClerksall those years ago. This time around, it’s a sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back that will take on Hollywood’s reboot happy culture, and Elizabeth is along for the ride....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Mark Goodman

Sharkboy and Lavagirl Will Return in Robert Rodriguez's Netflix Movie We Can Be Heroes

Harry Pottermay have ruled the roost when it comes to children’s films for the past two decades, but there were a number of other plucky young upstarts in the mix offering kids a different take on adventure films. Chief among them wasSpy Kids, and another notable example wasThe Adventures of Sharkboy & Lavagirl, both of which were created by action movie veteran Robert Rodriguez. In an interview with Collider, Rodriguez explained how the world of the two movies will come together in his upcoming Netflix featureWe Can Be Heroes, a superhero movie starring Pedro Pascal and Priyanka Chopra....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 518 words · Kathleen Armstrong

Spider-Man: No Way Home Ticket Sales Break The Internet

Spider-Man: No Way Homeis expected to be the biggest hit of the last two years, and while that is not difficult considering the circumstances, even without a global pandemic crippling the industry for a large portion of that time it is likely the movie would still have been on track to post record-breaking stats. As tickets went on advance sale for the December release, numerous websites including AMC, Regal and Fandango were al taken offline due to the surge in demand which crashed their servers, and as others followed many of the sites struggled with the continuous flow of visitors in the hours after....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 535 words · Gabriel Morris

Stephen King Has an Unfortunate Problem with Magical Minorities, Explained

There’s no doubting thatStephen Kingis one of the most imaginative and prolific storytellers of the past century. King boasts a record haul of being the first author to have over 30 of his novels reach number one on bestseller lists. He’s also collaborated on a host of other books, written some under pseudonyms, been an actor, a director, and worked on a diverse range of other projects over the course of his majestic career....

June 8, 2025 · 5 min · 899 words · Jamie Brown

Supergirl TV Pilot Leaks Online, New Details Unveiled

When CBS issued aseries order for Supergirlearlier this month, it came as no surprise, since the show has been talked about steadily ever since it was first announced last year. There certainly seems to be an audience for the show, since more than 11 million viewers have already watched theSupergirl trailerafter it was released last week. Today we have word that the full pilot episode has already leaked online to several different torrent websites....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 522 words · George Martinez

The Joe Schmo Show Will Return With All-New Season on TBS

TBS has announced the return ofThe Joe Schmo Show. A fake reality competition series where only one person is playing while everyone else is secretly an actor, the show originally debuted on Spike TV in 2003 while follow-up seasons would air in 2004 and 2013. No new iterations have been made in the ten years since, but a new teaser for aJoe Schmo Showrevival, which will serve as the fourth season, has been released, revealing that the show is coming back soon....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Sean Wilson

These Secret Star Wars 9 Character Code Names Are So J.J. Abrams

Code names were used by J.J. Abrams and Chris Terrio while writingThe Rise of Skywalker. The code names were mainly used to conceal the identity of Emperor Palpatine and Han Solo. While this seems a little funny, it does make sense when working on something as big as aStar Warsmovie. While they did the best they could, there were some very accurate leaks that hit the internet well before the movie debuted in theaters, which included those Palpatine and Solo secrets....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 478 words · Samantha Cooper

Train to Busan 2: Peninsula Is Coming Summer 2020

The upcomingTrain to Busansequel, titledPeninsula(orBandoin Korean}, has reportedly been set for a release date next summer. As the original has become one of the most popular zombie movies across the world since its initial release in 2016, it wasn’t surprising when the news of a sequel was first announced last year. According to a new report from HallyuLife, a rep from the movie’s distribution company NEW said they were " preparing for the market release by summer 2020, but the schedule for international release has not been decided yet....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Randy Bolton

True Detective Star Kali Reis on Her First (and Strangely Similar) Film

WhenKali Reis' mother gave herthe Native name Mequinonoag, meaning ‘many talents,’ she couldn’t have been more accurate. Reis is a world champion boxer who dominated the female light welterweight field, and is now starring in the immensely popular and acclaimed fourth season ofTrue Detective, dubbedNight Country. Before that, however, she co-wrote and starred in her first film,Catch the Fair One(a phrase which means ‘to fight’ but also refers to its own plot) to rave reviews....

June 8, 2025 · 9 min · 1776 words · Alicia Sutton

Vikings Will End with Season 6, Spin-Off Series Planned

All good things must come to an end. Such is the case with History’sVikings, which will be calling it quits after season 6 finishes airing. It had largely been suspected that season 6 will be the final go around for the hit History series, but now it’s been confirmed. However, for those who are concerned that the adventures will stop altogether, fear not! We have word that a spin-off series is already in the works, which would keep the franchise alive in a new way....

June 8, 2025 · 3 min · 472 words · Brian Alvarez